Chapter 6

Chapter 5

Song was so surprised that she muttered to herself while looking at the steak.

"Huh? I ordered a tofu steak... Is this not meat?"

Kanghoon glanced at the customer eating the tofu steak and elbowed Sihu.

"Your steak seems to have a problem."

"Huh?"

Sihu looked at the customer for a moment in response to Kanghoon's words.

'What's wrong? I made it according to the recipe.'

Sihu came out of the kitchen and approached the customer.

"Is there a problem?"

Sihu asked the customer cautiously.

"Well... that is."

Was the customer flustered by the sudden situation? Her voice was barely audible.

The customer pointed to the tofu and asked.

"Is this... meat?"

"Huh? It's not meat."

Sihu explained that it was tofu.

After hearing the explanation, the customer looked at Sihu in disbelief and asked again.

"Really, it's tofu?"

"Yes, it's tofu, but... does it not suit your taste?"

In response to Sihu's cautious question, the customer shook her head and said quickly with a red face.

"No. I thought it was meat at first. After taking a bite, the meaty juice spread in my mouth, which really surprised me. I'm on a diet..."

Hearing the customer's words, Sihu smiled and said.

"If it doesn't suit your taste, please let me know."

The customer nodded like a nodding doll.

"Enjoy your meal."

"Thank you."

Yun-song bowed her head and looked down at the steak she was eating.

'Is this... tofu?'

While eating the tofu steak, Yun-song glanced at the kitchen.

When her eyes met the chef who had just explained that it was not meat but tofu, she bowed her head deeply.

'It's delicious. Really delicious... I could eat it every day without getting tired of it.'

Song had tried tofu steak a few times at other places.

Compared to those, this was incomparable.

Song ate the tofu steak with a truly happy expression.

"Sihu."

"Yes?"

"I don't know what you did to the tofu, but I was really surprised, and look at the customer's face."

In the kitchen, Kanghoon glanced at the customer eating the tofu steak.

She had a very happy expression.

Seeing that expression, Sihu felt the fatigue from making the tofu disappear.

"She looks happy."

* * *

The weekend was approaching.

On weekdays, Sihu sold the tofu steak that Kanghoon had taught him to make.

"Since you brought the ingredients, shouldn't you be the one to make and sell them?"

On the first day of selling Korean food, Kanghoon made a 'pan-fried tofu steak' with the tofu.

After that, he taught Sihu the recipe and allowed him to sell it on weekdays.

After the first day of selling Korean food, Sihu pondered over a new menu.

The Korean set meal he sold last weekend.

Along with grilled and braised dishes, a few side dishes were also served, but it felt no different from a regular Korean meal.

Surprisingly, many male customers who came for dates ordered Korean food on the weekend.

Male customers welcomed the Korean food and suggested that it would be nice to have some more unique Korean dishes.

Usually, [SeeYou] was a popular spot for female college students on social media.

Male students occasionally visited, but it was rare.

When a couple came in on a weekday evening, the male student's expression often said, 'Are we eating this greasy Western food again? Ugh, I'm going to go crazy.'

However, when Sihu started selling Korean dishes, the situation changed noticeably.

Date couples would order Western dishes on one side and Korean dishes on the other.

Hae-yoon also mentioned that customers said, 'It would be nice to have a spicy stew or a light and refreshing soup...' when paying the bill.

Hearing this, Sihu was puzzled.

"Hmm, a spicy stew or a light and refreshing soup? Do they want a hangover cure?"

The puzzle was the soup menu.

When he entered the bedroom, there was a warm atmosphere.

The room was so warm that he didn't need to turn on the heater even in the middle of winter, so Sihu left the bedroom door open.

He went down to the basement garden in the bedroom.

Looking around the empty garden, he felt that someone was definitely taking care of the plants.

No matter how much he harvested the beans, they would grow back perfectly the next day.

At first, Sihu was amazed by how quickly they grew.

'Is there a water sprite?'

Sihu chuckled and pulled out a vegetable that looked like a radish.

Swoosh-

A vegetable that looked exactly like a radish.

Sihu went to the kitchen to test the vegetable.

He peeled it with a peeler and sliced it with a knife his parents had given him.

Clang- Thud- Thud.

He tasted one of the evenly cut pieces.

With wide eyes, Sihu looked down at the vegetable that looked like a radish.

The refreshing moisture spread in his mouth, and the unique sweetness of the vegetable was felt.

"The ingredients from the garden are all extraordinary."

While slicing the vegetable that looked like a radish, Sihu recalled the regular customer who had visited the store for a few days.

The female customer who ordered the 'tofu steak.'

The customer's expression was really bright when talking to Kanghoon.

Holding the water cup given to her, she took a sip and asked with a puzzled look.

"Owner, did you mix any diet pills into the food?"

Kanghoon's expression was puzzled in response to the customer's question.

Seeing his expression, the customer explained.

"I've been eating the tofu steak here and exercising... I lost 5 kilograms in 5 days."

Kanghoon laughed playfully and replied.

"If we put something like that in the food, we'd have to close the store. It's not that, and it's because of your effort."

The customer shook her head and laughed, continuing.

"No, I've been eating tofu steak from other places and exercising, but I didn't lose weight. I can't go anywhere else after eating this. I'm losing weight, and it tastes good. That's what I mean! Owner, I'll have the tofu steak again today."

Thinking about the conversation between Kanghoon and the customer, Sihu couldn't help but smile.

* * *

Yun-song had been visiting [SeeYou] every day after work for a few days.

It was much better than eating at other places.

'Close to my workplace. Tofu that tastes like meat! And the taste... I'm even losing weight. From the server to the young chef in the kitchen, and even the owner... I come here for the taste. Ah-'

Yun-song sipped the water given by the server and continued her thoughts.

Sizzle- Sizzle-

The server placed the pan in front of Yun-song.

"Here's your pan-fried tofu steak. Be careful, it's hot."

Yun-song looked at the small salad plate that came with the grilled vegetables.

"What's this?"

The server smiled and replied.

"Our chef gave it to you as a service because you come here often."

Yun-song smiled happily at the small salad plate.

'Ah- I come here for the taste. Such a small service. I can't keep this to myself. I need to spread the word about this place, especially to diet warriors.'

Yun-song took out her phone, took a photo, and posted it on her social media.

#KoreanWesternRestaurant #KoreanFoodSpot #NearMyOffice #DietDish #NotMeatButTofu

After posting, she took a bite of the steak and then picked up a salad vegetable with her fork.

Mmm-

'What is this?'

Seeing Yun-song's pupils dilate, Kanghoon elbowed Sihu.

"Bro- What's up?"

"Look over there. That's the reaction to the new salad you introduced."

Sihu smiled at the regular customer who came every day.

Kanghoon looked at Sihu's smile and asked.

"Where do you get these ingredients? I'm really curious."

"..."

Sihu couldn't say that the ingredients came from the 'garden in this world' in the basement of his bedroom, even if a knife was put to his throat.

He just smiled and moved busily.

"Oh? You don't want to say?"

Kanghoon's words made Sihu just smile and start tearing the salad vegetables.

"Wow-"

Kanghoon and Sihu turned their heads to the sound from the dining area.

It was the voice of a customer eating the tofu steak.

"Owner!"

The customer called out to Kanghoon.

Kanghoon went out to see what was happening and the customer showed him her phone.

"Owner, I told you before that I lost weight after eating here, right?"

Kanghoon looked at the phone the customer showed him.

He nodded, remembering the conversation from a few days ago.

"But, it's not just me. It seems that the weight of the customers who eat the tofu steak here is dropping rapidly."

Kanghoon shook his head in response to the customer's words.

"Ah, everyone is exercising and dieting, so they're losing weight. It's not because of our tofu steak. Hahaha."

Hearing the conversation between the customer and Kanghoon in the kitchen, Sihu's head tilted slightly.

'It's made with ingredients from the garden... Does it have some effect? Is tofu good for dieting? Ah, no way.'

At that moment, the customer pointed at Kanghoon and said.

"Owner, you've also become slimmer, right?"

Kanghoon tilted his head and touched his chin.

'Now that you mention it...'

Until recently, he had double chin.

He drank a bottle of beer after work, ate the food Sihu made, and didn't exercise.

Yun-song, reading Kanghoon's expression, spoke up.

"Owner, you move a lot while working here and eat quite a lot, right?"

Kanghoon nodded.

Indeed, that was true.

"But you eat the tofu steak every day, right? Owner, too."

"Um... not really, but I eat the food my friend makes every day."

Kanghoon pointed at Sihu as he spoke.

Yun-song blushed and turned her gaze away when she saw Sihu, whom Kanghoon pointed at.

Sihu watched the conversation between Kanghoon and the customer from the kitchen.

Other customers were also listening intently.

Then, one customer spoke up cautiously.

"I... I also lost 4 kilograms in 3 days after eating the 'tofu steak' here."

Yun-song snapped her fingers and looked at Kanghoon.

"Am I right?"

Kanghoon saw the other customers nodding in agreement.

Kanghoon looked at Sihu for a moment.

'So that's why the sales suddenly skyrocketed?'

Kanghoon's eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke.

"Thank you for the positive feedback on our food, but I think the customers who came here exercised hard and dieted, and coincidentally ate tofu, which is a diet food, and lost weight."

Yun-song tilted her head slightly in response to Kanghoon's words.

'I skipped breakfast, had a light lunch, and ate here for dinner... Could I lose so much weight in a few days?'

Yun-song was convinced that the 'tofu steak' helped with weight loss.

That evening.

After finishing work at [SeeYou], Kanghoon had a beer with Sihu and Hae-yoon and went home.

He recalled the conversation with the customer earlier in the evening.

"Is it true that eating the food Sihu makes helps with weight loss?"

Kanghoon muttered to himself and stepped on the scale.

"Huh?!"

Genius chef with ingredients from the garden in this world?!